H.B. No. 2120

	AN ACT
	relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher
	Retirement System of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 825.002, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
	follows:
	(e)  The governor shall appoint one member of the board from
	a slate of three persons [members of the retirement system] who [are
	currently employed by an institution of higher education and who]
	have been nominated in accordance with Subsection (f) by the
	following groups collectively:
	(1)  [the] members of the retirement system whose most
	recent credited service was performed for an institution of higher
	education;
	(2)  members of the retirement system whose most recent
	credited service was performed for a public school district; and
	(3)  persons who have retired and are receiving
	benefits from the retirement system.
	(e-1)  A person may be nominated for appointment to the board
	under Subsection (e) if the person is:
	(1)  a member of the retirement system who is currently
	employed by an institution of higher education;
	(2)  a member of the retirement system who is currently
	employed by a public school district; or
	(3)  a former member of the retirement system who has
	retired and is receiving benefits from the system.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 825.010(a) and (c), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  It is a ground for removal from the board of trustees
	that a trustee:
	(1)  does not have at the time of taking office the
	qualifications required for the trustee's position;
	(2)  does not maintain during service on the board the
	qualifications required for the trustee's position;
	(3)  violates a prohibition established by Section
	825.002(b) or 825.0032 applicable to the trustee;
	(4)  cannot because of illness or disability discharge
	the trustee's duties for a substantial part of the term for which
	the trustee is appointed; or
	(5)  is absent from more than half of the regularly
	scheduled board meetings that the person is eligible to attend
	during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote
	of the board.
	(c)  If the executive director has knowledge that a potential
	ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the
	presiding officer of the board of trustees of the ground. The
	presiding officer shall then notify the governor [appropriate
	appointing officer] and the attorney general that a potential
	ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal
	involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify
	the next highest officer of the board, who shall notify the governor
	[appropriate appointing officer] and the attorney general that a
	potential ground for removal exists.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act applies only to the appointment of
	a trustee of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System
	of Texas that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  A person who is serving as a trustee immediately before
	the effective date of this Act may complete the trustee's term of
	office, and the trustee's qualifications for serving as a trustee
	are governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective
	date of this Act until the date that trustee's term expires.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2120 was passed by the House on May
	13, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2120 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor